Tell me about ball pythons

[mykee]

By "normal" do you mean a normal albino ($300-$600) or just a plain old normal run of the mill, no genetic anomoly normal (free-$50)?

[infernalis]

Originally Posted by whoaxmary

When I got my corn snake, she was pinkies, but has easily moved up to "hopper" rats as Wayne said. could be an idea if you want to breed food for you BP as well as corn, so you don't have two rodent colonies going on.

Even my larger garter snakes take rat pinks for me now.

Rats are such a versatile herp food.

[Ch^4]

Originally Posted by Lankyrob

Compared to a corn they need slightly higher temps and higher humidity. They are very inactive in comparison and much thicker around as adults.

Also they will need to eat rats as adults rather than corns that can live on mice all their lives.

Their vivs need to be 4 foot rather than 3 foot.

About half of my BPs are less active than our colubrids and the other half are more active. It depends on the time of the day and the individual snake.

Originally Posted by Wolfus_305

and don't be too alarmed if it stops eating, they often go off their food, just make sure husbandry is right and that it doesn't lose weight

x2

Originally Posted by infernalis

Even my larger garter snakes take rat pinks for me now.

Rats are such a versatile herp food.

Agreed. Our snake freezer houses rat pinks, fuzzies, pups, weanlings, smalls, and mediums for 5 different species of snakes ranging from 15g to nearly 1500g.